Rwinkwavu Explained
-1.945°N 30.622°W
| Official Name: | Rwinkwavu |
| Settlement Type: | Sector and town |
| Pushpin Map: | Rwanda |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Rwanda |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Rwanda |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kayonza District |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Area Total Km2: | 92.32 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 census |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 36,774 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Elevation M: | 1,430 |
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]Rwinkwavu (Kinyarwanda: Umurenge wa Rwinkwavu) is one of the 12 sectors in the district of Kayonza in the Eastern Province of Rwanda.
Geography
Rwinkwavu sector covers an area of 92.32 km2 and lies at an altitude of about 1,430 m. The sector is divided into the cells Gihinga, Mbarara, Mukoyoyo and Nkondo. It borders Mwiri to the north, Kabare to the east, Murama to the south, Kabarondo to the southwest and Nyamirama to the west.[2] [3] [4]
Demographics
The census in 2022 put the population at 36,774. Ten years earlier, it was 28,225, which corresponds to an annual population increase of 2.7 percent between 2012 and 2022.[5] [6]
Transport
National Road 25 runs through the eastern half of the sector. A district road branches off to the southwest.[7] [8]
Notes and References
- https://citypopulation.de/en/rwanda/sector/admin/kayonza/5412__rwinkwavu/ Citypopulation.de
- Web site: 2024-10-06 . de . Ruanda: Gliederung in Sektoren . citypopulation.de.
- Web site: 2024-10-06 . en . Rwinkwavu . GeoNames.
- Web site: 2024-10-06 . rw . Menya Kayonza . kayonza.gov.rw.
- Web site: 2024-10-06 . de . Ruanda: Gliederung in Sektoren . citypopulation.de.
- Web site: 2024-10-06 . en . National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) . RPHC5 - District Profile - Kayonza .
- Web site: 2024-10-06 . 2024-01-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240105160045/https://www.rtda.gov.rw/fileadmin/_migrated/content_uploads/Road_network_map/2022/Classified_Road_Network_Ao_Map_2022.pdf . PDF; 39,6 MB . en . . Classified Road Network Map 2022 . rtda.gov.rw.
- Web site: 2024-10-06 . en . Rwinkwavu . GeoNames.
